Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-01

! The rain gauge at the Fl. Maginnis sigma
! service station showed a fall Of 9 81 inche.
OF water ia the rain storm Tuesday night
Reports from the Missouri river stations
say the river has risen four feet and 10 still
coming up. At TT. Buford the guard
house was struck by lightning and two o,
the guards knocked down, but not seriously
hurt.
Miss Anna l.. Zilisch. of Burlington. Ia,
has been secured to teach the winter term
oil school at this place, and will arrive on
this evenings coach from Helena, where
she has been visiting friends. We believe
the school board has made wise selection
from what we can learn III the lady. 1t
has been the aim Of the board to secure ~
thoroughly competent teacher, ana for the
past month have been in correspondence
with IA number of applicants Miss Ziisch
come, highly recommended both as n lady
and teacher. She graduated from the
burlington City Training school in June.
1880, aud her diploma shows u very high
grade Of scholarship. Her standing was
such that she WAS Immediately employed
ia the Burlington schools. "a position she
held for seven years. The lady carries ~
recommendation from II. q Sauntersun,
Superintendent of the Burlington schools.
Miss Zilisch comes prepared to enter upon
her duties at once. and we learn from the
school clerk that school will begin ON Mon
day next.
There is "A strange sequel in connection
with the horse thief Muller, who escaped
from William Cantrell while en- route from
Helena a few weeks since. 1t seems, after
Gliding cantrelI. who went in pursuit. he
made II circuit and took u northerly direc.
tion and passed through the gap or at
point in the Belt range and returned near
to the locality where the horse was origin. |
ally stolen. lie traded the horse to man |
ON Otter creek for another horse and $50 |
t" boot. The horse he traded for got away |
from him 4 he following night and returned |
tn his former owner. Mr.. Il. 4. Tuttie rec
ognized the horse traded to the Otter creek |
ranchman as Mr.. Thorson's and so in.
formed him. The result was that Mr..
Thor-on recovered his horse, the Otter
creek ranchnan got back the one he traded
and il out only $50 in the shuttle. Now, il
u .htnins or a blizzard would only uvertake
the horsethief, our Bill would be happy
yet
john Thomas one OF the oldest settlers
in the Missouri valley, died Sunday morn
ing, = | 1T inst. from the effects Of "a rattle
snake bite. lie and n nephew. named
Thomas Thomas, were in the foothills the
lay previous looking for cattle, each TAX
ng II different route. As Mr.. Thomas was
riding along he noticed IL large rattlesnake
near ~ rock and got off his horse intending
10 kill il. As he reached down to pick up
4 stone, the snake struck him ON the fin
per. lie then killed the snake with tine
stone. cut him open, applied the flesh to
he wound mounted his horse and at
empted To reach Tinsley's ranch about a
nile distant. lie got about hall way when
ne became faint and sick from the effects of
he poison and WIS iopnd three hours after
~ II little son OF Mr. Tinseys, who
ave the alarm. Mr.. Tinsey got him to
Ms house and dispatched messenger at
,nce for n physician. But the deadly venom
iad already dome its work aud he died as
above Statcd.--Ex.